Necktie-holder.



No. 665,338. Patented lan. l, |90I. A. G. MULLER.

NEGKTIE HOLDER.

(Applicatiix led Apr. 5. 1899.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXEL G. MOLLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,338, dated January1, 1901.

Application filed April 5, 1899. Serial No. 711,836. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL G. MOLLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements innecktie-holders.

The invention has for one object the construction of a device of thischaracter which is simple in its operation, neat in appearance, light inweight, and invisible in use.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device which may bereadily attached and securely held in position on the tie or otherfabric without sewing or similarly securing, thus making the deviceeasy, independent, and instantaneous in application.

A further object of the invention is to construct a holder which, asherein shown, is employed in connection with a necktie, but which may beadapted to and employed for various other purposes than the one hereinillustrated.

Another object of the invention is to construct a holder which whenattached in its position will lie comparatively flat upon the fabric,thus producing a neat appearance and preventing the fabric from bulgingat the point of fastening the holder thereto.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a holder which,as stated, is readily adjustable from one part ot' the tie or materialto another part thereof, as may be required or demanded by the needsofthe wearer or user.

A further object is to construct a holder which is sure and permanent inits operation under all ordinary circumstances.

Briefly described, my invention consists of a holder which isconstructed of a single piece of suitable wire, such as spring-steelwire or the like,l which is so shaped as to form two compressiblespring-arms, which atA their one end are connected by a curved cross-barand at their other ends terminate in prongs or points that project atright angles to the said arms and which are adapted to engage in thematerial to which the holder is attached, and thus hold the latter inposition. The wire from which the holder is formed is wound or coiledone or more times at point of intersection of the spring-arms with thecurved crossbar inorder to separate the latter some distance from theformer, thereby making a space between the two of sufficient size toreceive the collar or other material, and these coils also serve toengage such collar or other material and firmly retain the holder inengagement therewith.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to clearly understand myinvention, I will now describe the same in detail, and in suchdescription reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, and wherein like figures of reference willbe used to indicate similar parts throughout the several views, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective View of a collar and necktie, thelatter of the form known as string tie, with my improved holder attachedthereto in two different positions, one engaging the collar and theother detached therefrom. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my improved holder,showing in full lines'the position of spring-arms and prongs when theholder is in position in the fabric and in dotted lines the manner inwhich the springarms are compressed for insertion of the points into thefabric. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a collar, the tie, and myimproved holder, showin g the latter in position thereon. Fig. 4 is anenlarged end view of the holder looking from the upper end thereof, andFig. is a similar view looking from the lower end of the holder andshowing the same in engagement with the collar.

As before stated, to put my invention into practice I provide a suitablepiece of springwire, preferably though not necessarily cylindrical inform, which is doubled in order to form two parallel spring-arms l,extending in a substantially straight line throughout their length. Attheir free ends these two spring-arms are bent upon themselves, as at 2,these latter portions being practically upon a plane with the bodyportion of the springarms, though the same may be slightly depressed, ifdesired, and the ends are then IOO bent at substantially right angles tothe body portion of the spring-arms 1, as shown at 3, and these ends arepreferably pointed, as shown, so as to readily engage in the fabric towhich the holder is attached. For the purpose of enabling these ends,which I will herein termas prongs, to more firmly engage and remain inengagement with the fabric I bend or curve the same, as shown fully inthe enlarged detail view, Fig. 4, of the drawings. At their other endsthese two spring-arms are formed into coils 4 and connected together bya curved cross-bar 5, the bow of which extends toward the free ends ofthe spring-arms, the coiling .of the wire at the ends of the spring-armsserving to separate this curved cross-bar some distance from the twospring-arms. The convolutions of the coils are preferably a sufficientdistance apart to allow the material to pass between the same, as willbe hereinafter described.

To place the holder in position upon the tie or other article orgarment, the one prong is first inserted into the material, and the freearm is then compressed toward the other arm, and the prong of the armcompressed is then inserted into the material. When the pressure uponthe spring-arms is relieved, the same will spring apart and assume theposition shown in Fig. 1, and also as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, ofthe drawings. The tension of the coils upon the spring-arms will serveto retain the prongs firmly in engagement with the fabric; also, serveto hold the sp1-in g-arms in close engagement with the material at point7, (see Fig. 4 of the drawings,) and also retain the holder in position.secured and when being used in connection with a necktie, the collar(indicated by reference-numeral 6 in the drawings) is inserted betweenthe curved cross-bar 5 and the two spring-arms 1, or, in other words,the curved bar 5 is inserted between the collar 6 and the neckband ofthe shirt, and the tie thereby eiectually prevented from rising from thecollar orin any manner changingr its original position until the holderis released. The convolutions of the coils 4 are preferably so made asto receive the lower edge of the collar 6, as is shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, the pressure exerted against the lower part of the coils whenattaching the tie in position causing the same to separate sufciently toadmit the collar, and when such pressure is removed the relaxing of thecoils causes the same to firmly grip the collar, as shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings and as shown by shaded lines in Fig. 1, thereby preventingboth lateral and upward movement of the tie. I desire to call particularattention to the construction of the prongs of my holder as illustratedin Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. By constructing these prongs with thecurve, as shown, the former practically form a ninety-degree angle withthe spring-arms 1; but only the extreme points or ends of the prongs arein the same plane with the spring- When thus.

arms by reason of the curve in the prongs, as shown. The prongs areconstructed in this manner for the reason that the neckbands of ties areusually constructed with a lling, and by curving the prongs it enablesthe latter when entering the fabric to penetrate both the band properand its filling; also, to repenetrate the filling, thus obtaining adouble hold and serving to prevent any lateral as well as any verticalmotion of the neckband of the tie, as well as serving to prevent theholder proper from moving from its position upon the tie, and alsoallows the prongs to enter the neckbands in a manner which allows thespring-arms 1 to rest on an even smooth surface of the neckband withoutbulging, as is sometimes caused by fasteners for this purpose.

To further describe the particular construction of my holder, I willdescribe the parts more specifically, as the upright springarms l in theopen ends or free ends terminate in prongs perpendicular upon the arms,and at the other ends are formed the coils or loops 4, which againconnect said spring-arms 1 with the curved cross-bar 5. Further, thesespring-arms 1 are bent toward the curved cross-bar 5 from the pointsmarked 11, where coils begin to form diagonally until the points markedl2 on the spring-arms 1 lie in the same plane as points marked 13 on thecoils 4. Then the portions of these spring-arms 1 between point-s 12 and14 bend away from the curved cross-bar 5 until said portions of thespring-arms 1 lie in the same plane as points 12 and 14 of thespring-arms and point marked 13 of the coils 4. This specificconstruction of the parts serves to cause the tie-band to be broughtclosely into contact with the collar.

By such a construction of a holder it will be observed that when thesame is engaged upon the collar the tie may, if desired, not be detachedfrom the collar when removing the collar and tie from the shirt, as theco1- lar being firmly wedged between the loops or coils 4 it may be leftin this position by the wearer.

While the construction as herein shown and described appears to embodythe preferable form of my invention, yet I do not Wish to unduly limitmyself to the exact construction described, as it will of course beobserved that various changes may be made without departing from thegeneral spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A necktie-holder consisting of a length of spring-wire bent to form apair of vertical compressible springarms,the lower end thereof bent t0form a series of coils connected together by a curved cross-bar, and theupper ends of the spring-arms doubled back on the same plane and thenbent at right angles to form curved prongs adapted to engage the ICO IOS

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fabric of a necktie, substantially as set forth.

gage the fabric of a neektie, substantially as Io set forth.

In testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AXEL e. MOLLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN DOWLING, H. L. BAILEY.

